Getting wet on a river, Olympic Opening Ceremony thread deux

[Theremedy]

Will it get awesome?

Who is roof guy?

Will the cauldron be in the Eiffel Tower?

Getting fun now! At least for TV viewers:)

Yes I agree, apart from the Lady Gaga bit was more polished.

The Can Can could have been done so much better. It looked like a rehersal , rather than the finished production. The pro Strictly dancers have routines.

The last thing i expected to see tonight was a smurf's balls

I knew all of the dance music, but this is dog shit TV!

Lots of actual females though, on the red 'carpet'

Loving the disco bits tbh !
Incredibly bonkers

The Smurf on a fruit platter came before the ‘obscurité’ section?!?!

I want whatever shoes people are wearing because I’ve been plagued with soles that get slippery when it’s wet outside!

They're making it increasingly difficult to get through this sober.

I bloody well hope so. That’s the only reason I have sat through hours of this merde.

The youngsters face the worries of teh world and continue to dance??? Did I hear that right? They needn’t bother..

Those performers have earned every penny tonight (presume they've been paid!)

I quite like this bit

Daft Punk retired.

The blue guy is Philippe Katerine, famous french singer, known for being totally crazy (in a good way)

This made me laugh out loud. 🤣

It’s all a bit ‘samey’…

So if you're 100m downriver you've got nothing to look at for ages.

I think they're Belgian.

I thought they declined to perform?

This is embarrassingly awful. Hours of dull flag-waving on boats in the rain and then a neverending low budget drag show. I feel like a school drama teacher and a podium dancer from the local gay bar organised the whole thing. Amateur night out.

Pretty sure they've said categorically they are not involved. Sadly.

We’ve been looking forward to this all week and my husband has given up and gone to empty the dishwasher.

I think this sums up the whole ceremony.

Did they say it is nearly over?